NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications nowadays agreed to merge its wireless telecom industry with smaller rival Aircel to create the country's 4th-biggest cell phone operator with asset base of more than Rs 65,000 crore.
In the biggest consolidation in the nation's telecom sector, RCom and Aircel's majority proprietor, Malaysia's Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), introduced signing of definitive documents for the merger in their Indian wireless businesses.
RCom and Aircel will dangle 50 according to cent every in the new corporate. The board of the new corporate could have equivalent illustration from the 2 facets.
"The RCom-Aircel combination will create a strong operator clearly ranked amongst India's top 4 telcos by customer base and revenues, also ranking amongst the top three operators by revenues in 12 important circles," each the corporations said in a joint statement.
RCom is India's 4th-biggest telecom operator with virtually 110 million customers, whilst Aircel ranks 5th with 84 million subscribers.
RCom had nine.8 according to cent market proportion whilst Aircel had 8.five% proportion. Sistema, which RCom previous merged with, had 0.7% proportion.
Both the firms will transfer Rs 14,000 crore of debt every to the joint venture, taking the full debt of the new corporate to Rs 28,000 crore, with the exception of Rs 6,000 crore of spectrum cost legal responsibility.
The deal will lend a hand RCom pare its debt by Rs 20,000 crore (or 40 according to cent of the full debt on its books).
"RCom will continue to own and operate its high growth businesses in the domestic and global enterprise space, Data Centres, optic fibre and related telecom infrastructure, besides owning valuable real estate," the statement said.
MTS (Sistema) will proceed to carry 10 according to cent stake in RCom, with no presence on the board.
In the biggest consolidation in the nation's telecom sector, RCom and Aircel's majority proprietor, Malaysia's Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), introduced signing of definitive documents for the merger in their Indian wireless businesses.
RCom and Aircel will dangle 50 according to cent every in the new corporate. The board of the new corporate could have equivalent illustration from the 2 facets.
"The RCom-Aircel combination will create a strong operator clearly ranked amongst India's top 4 telcos by customer base and revenues, also ranking amongst the top three operators by revenues in 12 important circles," each the corporations said in a joint statement.
RCom is India's 4th-biggest telecom operator with virtually 110 million customers, whilst Aircel ranks 5th with 84 million subscribers.
RCom had nine.8 according to cent market proportion whilst Aircel had 8.five% proportion. Sistema, which RCom previous merged with, had 0.7% proportion.
Both the firms will transfer Rs 14,000 crore of debt every to the joint venture, taking the full debt of the new corporate to Rs 28,000 crore, with the exception of Rs 6,000 crore of spectrum cost legal responsibility.
The deal will lend a hand RCom pare its debt by Rs 20,000 crore (or 40 according to cent of the full debt on its books).
"RCom will continue to own and operate its high growth businesses in the domestic and global enterprise space, Data Centres, optic fibre and related telecom infrastructure, besides owning valuable real estate," the statement said.
MTS (Sistema) will proceed to carry 10 according to cent stake in RCom, with no presence on the board.
RCom, Aircel announce merger; create fourth largest telco in India
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